Shloka 26
Adhyaya 2 — The Lineage of Garuda and the Birth of the Wise Birds: Kanka and Kandhara
वक्त्रपादतलैर्भङ्क्त्वा चक्रे क्षोभमथातुलम् ।
तस्मिन्भग्ने ततः खड्गे बाहुयुद्धमवर्तत ॥
vaktrapādatalair bhaṅktvā cakre kṣobham athātulam | tasmin bhagne tataḥ khaḍge bāhu-yuddham avartata ||
وبضربه بفمه وباطن قدميه، أحدث اضطراباً لا يقاس. وعندما انكسر ذلك السيف، تحول القتال بعد ذلك إلى قتال بالأيدي.
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FAQs
The verse highlights the inevitability of escalation when conventional means fail: when the sword is broken, the struggle continues through direct bodily effort. Ethically, it reflects the Purāṇic admiration for steadfastness (dhṛti) and unwavering resolve in the face of reversals.
This is not a direct instance of sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṁśa/vaṁśānucarita. It fits most closely under vaṁśānucarita only if the surrounding passage is embedded in a kingly/heroic chronicle; by itself it is a narrative combat-detail rather than a cosmological or genealogical marker.
Symbolically, the breaking of the sword can represent the collapse of external supports (upādhis) and reliance on mere instruments; the ensuing hand-to-hand struggle points to an inward confrontation where raw will, prāṇa, and embodied power must carry the contest. In Purāṇic poetics, such shifts often signify a decisive phase of destiny (daiva) meeting human effort (puruṣakāra).